Friday, September 01, 2023
All TDS and no play make late night “comedy” dour and UNfunny
A lot of people have noticed a pathetic decline in genuine humor from late night “comedy” hosts in recent years. It isn’t just overdone political rants in general. It’s leftist politics specifically.
The Greg Gutfeld show has reintroduced humor to late night viewers and the show is clearly political, but it’s not follow-the-leader liberal diatribes.
Things are funny when a comedian points out an absurdity we all know to be true. Conservative comedy is sarcastic, mocking, and insightful when surveying the cultural/political landscape. It exhibits a major trait of conservatism, an awareness of reality. Can anyone really say that whining about “injustice” or rallying allegiance to smug woke dictates is…funny?
Put someone like Dave Chappell or Bill Burr on a late night comedy show and you’d have a genuinely hilarious show. Put Trevor Noah, or Colbert in the slot and people will be changing the channel to watch Gutfeld.
